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Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Headlines
Trojan Knights were reviewed by Student Conduct last semester
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SCAMPUS
B. University Policy Concerning Hazing
"...This list is intended to provide examples of hazing. As it is impossible to anticipate every situation that could involve hazing, this list should not be considered to be all-inclusive..."
1. All forms of physical activity not part of an organized athletic contest and not specifically directed toward constructive work.
2. The application of foreign substances to the body.
3. Such activities as scavenger hunts, which result in illegal activity, pledge ditches, kidnaps and the like.
4. Depriving students of sufficient sleep (eight consecutive hours per day minimum).
Av,>. * 5. Not providing decent and edible meals (no unusual combinations or preparation, colored foods,
6. Depriving students access to means of maintaining a normal schedule of bodily cleanliness (including a minimum of one shower per day).
7. Forcing, coercing or permitting students to eat or drink foreign or unusual substances such as raw meat, salt water, onions, etc.
8. Nudity or forcing or allowing students to dress in a degrading manner.
9. Forcing, coercing, or permitting students to drink excessive amounts of alcohol.
10. Branding any part of the body, whether voluntary or involuntary.
1 1. Psychological hazing, which is defined as any act which is likely to: (a) compromise the dignity of a member or pledge, (b) cause embarrassment or shame to a member or pledge, (c) cause a member or pledge to be the object of malicious amusement or ridicule, or (d) cause psychological harm or substantial emotional strain.
By Nick P. Divito
News Editor
Though hazing incidences are often associated with the Greek system, campus hazing also extends into other groups as well.
Thu Trojan Knights, the University of Southern California's official hosts and at one time dubbed the bloodline of school spirit, also hazes its new initiates, according to a member who wished not be identified.
The organization was brought to the Conduct Board for hazing
Campus Hazing
Two in a series
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last semester, according to Sandra Rhoten, director of Student Conduct.
"We're getting it because some of the administrators claim that we deprived our 'new member candidates' [an alternative to 'pledges'] at one of our retreats,' said Tim Edgar, last semester's president. "But we'd like to assume that since the members are in college now, they should be able to do the math and go to bed early to get enough sleep for an early morning function. That's our vein of thought, anyway."
Prior to being accepted into the organization, the Knights-to-be must stand on a spotlighted stage and answer "Trojan Trivia" questions (questions pertaining to the university), the source said.
"They're yelling at me, getting on me about my looks, my clothes and the like. It was really harsh.
"We also went through what's known as 'Transition Day,' which is supposedly the day you become a Knight. We had to come to the meeting wearing a suit and a tie with tennis shoes.
After the meeting, we had to run laps around campus, up and down stairs, et cetera.
"Later, we had to stand at attention, until they told us to take off our ties.
"They placed maxi-pads on the inside of our ties and blindfolded us with them. Then we were lead around campus, until what ended up to be College Library (formerly in the basement of Doheny Memorial Library.) They tola us to show our school spirit and do a loud
So-Cal Spell Out. And we did. And once I took off my blindfold, I could see everyone in the library staring at us. It was really embarrassing.
"One time, on one of our philanthropy projects, we went on a trip to the desert to fill some sandbags for the Forestry Department. We were awake almost the whole time and get
almost no sleep."
The source said that prospective members were required to not make eye am tact with any of the Knights and instead told to stare at the horizon. "We had to line up and stare straight into 'Serf Heaven'," he said. (The term 'serf' comes from being something less than a Knight in (See Haze, page 3)
Troy Wltl / Dally Trojan
Comedian George Wallace was among featured performers at Bovard Auditorium during Welcome Week.
Stand-up innovation
Friday
September 1, 1995 Vol. CXXVI, No. 3
Service day will aid community
Friends and Neighbors Service Day, the first annual campus-wide community service project, will take place all day this Saturday starting at 9 a.m., and ending at 2 p.m. with lunch and a community service fair. Any interested students will meet at E.F Hutton park.
Geared specifically for interested freshman and transfer students, the program will allow volunteers to work hand-in-hand with community non-profit agencies and schools, including L.A. Clean Sweep, L.A. Conserviation Corps, California Conservation Corps, Dome Village and Norwood Elementary School. Projects will range from tree planting to gramtti cleanup.
The project is sponsored by Student Senate and the USC Volunteer Center, with support from the USC Volunteer Collaborative.
For more information, contact Martin Gonzalez at (213) 740-9910.
Where’s Mario? Not at practice
USC cornerback Mario Bradley missed his second consecutive practice Thursday. He told coaches that he wanted a few days to think things over after senior Quincy Harrison and freshman Daylon McCutcheon began to push for the starting spot that appeared to be his. USC is off Saturday but other schools begin the season and so begins best bets.
Sports, page 8
Medicare at 30: Critical condition
Assistant editorial director Christian D. Orr celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Medicare by offering his insight on the faults of the system. He calls for an ned to politicization fo the issue, with the collaboration of both Democrats and Republicans to repair the program ,which , at the present spending levels, will not remain solvent for very many more birthdays.
Viewpoint, page 4
Row renovation still in progress
Greeks worried by marred face of 28th Street
By Tara Nakashima
Staff Writer
Though the Row Renovation Project has met with many successes in its efforts to clean up and repair 28th Street, some fraternity and sorority members are disappointed with the project's progress.
The renovations were expected to be completed by August 28, the day of the ribbon cutting ceremony and Greek carnival.
"It was supposed to look nice, but it looked like a war zone," said Cory Shigematsu, a member of Delta Cni. "The carnival was supposed to be the grand opening and it was a fiasco because it was half done.
"After all the money we're paying, you would've thought they'd fulfill their end," he said. "I was against the project because we're paying for what the (university) should be paying."
Shigematsu said that one of the purposes of having the Row reconstructed before the new school year began was to attract
rushees.
"Everyone was upset that it wasn't done when we got back," Kristin Bell, treasurer of Kappa Alpha Theta, said. "It was hard moving in when they were putting in trees, but (improvements) will hopefully get (more rushees)."
Individual sororities and fraternities, as well as the university, agreed to fund the $522,785 project.
Though some Greeks felt they contributed tin) much money to the reconstruction of the Row, others felt they invested well.
"1 believe it was a general consensus that we were contributing to the USC community and on that aspect, it is well worth it," said Marissa Sifuentes, president of Alpha Phi.
"We discussed the (reconstruction project) and all thought it was a great idea," Bell said. "We were so excited it would improve living conditions for a small amount of money. The girls weren't upset about it at all."
A few houses did not feel the impact on their pockets.
"Because we're smaller, I think we didn't have to put in as much," said Mike Rabanera, advisor of Alpha Rho Chi.
(Sec Renovation, page 3)
Hazing alleged in campus groups

Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Headlines
Trojan Knights were reviewed by Student Conduct last semester
i
SCAMPUS
B. University Policy Concerning Hazing
"...This list is intended to provide examples of hazing. As it is impossible to anticipate every situation that could involve hazing, this list should not be considered to be all-inclusive..."
1. All forms of physical activity not part of an organized athletic contest and not specifically directed toward constructive work.
2. The application of foreign substances to the body.
3. Such activities as scavenger hunts, which result in illegal activity, pledge ditches, kidnaps and the like.
4. Depriving students of sufficient sleep (eight consecutive hours per day minimum).
Av,>. * 5. Not providing decent and edible meals (no unusual combinations or preparation, colored foods,
6. Depriving students access to means of maintaining a normal schedule of bodily cleanliness (including a minimum of one shower per day).
7. Forcing, coercing or permitting students to eat or drink foreign or unusual substances such as raw meat, salt water, onions, etc.
8. Nudity or forcing or allowing students to dress in a degrading manner.
9. Forcing, coercing, or permitting students to drink excessive amounts of alcohol.
10. Branding any part of the body, whether voluntary or involuntary.
1 1. Psychological hazing, which is defined as any act which is likely to: (a) compromise the dignity of a member or pledge, (b) cause embarrassment or shame to a member or pledge, (c) cause a member or pledge to be the object of malicious amusement or ridicule, or (d) cause psychological harm or substantial emotional strain.
By Nick P. Divito
News Editor
Though hazing incidences are often associated with the Greek system, campus hazing also extends into other groups as well.
Thu Trojan Knights, the University of Southern California's official hosts and at one time dubbed the bloodline of school spirit, also hazes its new initiates, according to a member who wished not be identified.
The organization was brought to the Conduct Board for hazing
Campus Hazing
Two in a series
; ,v '•'.'•ir V '' • ,»V..‘1
last semester, according to Sandra Rhoten, director of Student Conduct.
"We're getting it because some of the administrators claim that we deprived our 'new member candidates' [an alternative to 'pledges'] at one of our retreats,' said Tim Edgar, last semester's president. "But we'd like to assume that since the members are in college now, they should be able to do the math and go to bed early to get enough sleep for an early morning function. That's our vein of thought, anyway."
Prior to being accepted into the organization, the Knights-to-be must stand on a spotlighted stage and answer "Trojan Trivia" questions (questions pertaining to the university), the source said.
"They're yelling at me, getting on me about my looks, my clothes and the like. It was really harsh.
"We also went through what's known as 'Transition Day,' which is supposedly the day you become a Knight. We had to come to the meeting wearing a suit and a tie with tennis shoes.
After the meeting, we had to run laps around campus, up and down stairs, et cetera.
"Later, we had to stand at attention, until they told us to take off our ties.
"They placed maxi-pads on the inside of our ties and blindfolded us with them. Then we were lead around campus, until what ended up to be College Library (formerly in the basement of Doheny Memorial Library.) They tola us to show our school spirit and do a loud
So-Cal Spell Out. And we did. And once I took off my blindfold, I could see everyone in the library staring at us. It was really embarrassing.
"One time, on one of our philanthropy projects, we went on a trip to the desert to fill some sandbags for the Forestry Department. We were awake almost the whole time and get
almost no sleep."
The source said that prospective members were required to not make eye am tact with any of the Knights and instead told to stare at the horizon. "We had to line up and stare straight into 'Serf Heaven'," he said. (The term 'serf' comes from being something less than a Knight in (See Haze, page 3)
Troy Wltl / Dally Trojan
Comedian George Wallace was among featured performers at Bovard Auditorium during Welcome Week.
Stand-up innovation
Friday
September 1, 1995 Vol. CXXVI, No. 3
Service day will aid community
Friends and Neighbors Service Day, the first annual campus-wide community service project, will take place all day this Saturday starting at 9 a.m., and ending at 2 p.m. with lunch and a community service fair. Any interested students will meet at E.F Hutton park.
Geared specifically for interested freshman and transfer students, the program will allow volunteers to work hand-in-hand with community non-profit agencies and schools, including L.A. Clean Sweep, L.A. Conserviation Corps, California Conservation Corps, Dome Village and Norwood Elementary School. Projects will range from tree planting to gramtti cleanup.
The project is sponsored by Student Senate and the USC Volunteer Center, with support from the USC Volunteer Collaborative.
For more information, contact Martin Gonzalez at (213) 740-9910.
Where’s Mario? Not at practice
USC cornerback Mario Bradley missed his second consecutive practice Thursday. He told coaches that he wanted a few days to think things over after senior Quincy Harrison and freshman Daylon McCutcheon began to push for the starting spot that appeared to be his. USC is off Saturday but other schools begin the season and so begins best bets.
Sports, page 8
Medicare at 30: Critical condition
Assistant editorial director Christian D. Orr celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Medicare by offering his insight on the faults of the system. He calls for an ned to politicization fo the issue, with the collaboration of both Democrats and Republicans to repair the program ,which , at the present spending levels, will not remain solvent for very many more birthdays.
Viewpoint, page 4
Row renovation still in progress
Greeks worried by marred face of 28th Street
By Tara Nakashima
Staff Writer
Though the Row Renovation Project has met with many successes in its efforts to clean up and repair 28th Street, some fraternity and sorority members are disappointed with the project's progress.
The renovations were expected to be completed by August 28, the day of the ribbon cutting ceremony and Greek carnival.
"It was supposed to look nice, but it looked like a war zone," said Cory Shigematsu, a member of Delta Cni. "The carnival was supposed to be the grand opening and it was a fiasco because it was half done.
"After all the money we're paying, you would've thought they'd fulfill their end," he said. "I was against the project because we're paying for what the (university) should be paying."
Shigematsu said that one of the purposes of having the Row reconstructed before the new school year began was to attract
rushees.
"Everyone was upset that it wasn't done when we got back," Kristin Bell, treasurer of Kappa Alpha Theta, said. "It was hard moving in when they were putting in trees, but (improvements) will hopefully get (more rushees)."
Individual sororities and fraternities, as well as the university, agreed to fund the $522,785 project.
Though some Greeks felt they contributed tin) much money to the reconstruction of the Row, others felt they invested well.
"1 believe it was a general consensus that we were contributing to the USC community and on that aspect, it is well worth it," said Marissa Sifuentes, president of Alpha Phi.
"We discussed the (reconstruction project) and all thought it was a great idea," Bell said. "We were so excited it would improve living conditions for a small amount of money. The girls weren't upset about it at all."
A few houses did not feel the impact on their pockets.
"Because we're smaller, I think we didn't have to put in as much," said Mike Rabanera, advisor of Alpha Rho Chi.
(Sec Renovation, page 3)
Hazing alleged in campus groups